Vending-machine.



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1915. I v 1 171 455 1 Patented Feb. 15,1916,

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VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,1915.

Patented Feb; 15,

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JYL'UCM'I'OI fll'forucv THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C(L, )ASHINGTON, D. C.

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JOHN EDWARD NEALY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedFeb. 1916.

Application filed. May 1'7, 1915. Serial Ila-28,573.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN EDWARD NEALY,

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vending ma' chines and it has for its objectto provide an improved article of this nature adapted for use in railwaycoaches and arranged to render accessible a table and a deck of cardswhen a coin of the proper denomination is deposited in the machine andthe handle thereof is actuated.

In my co-pending application Serial Number 28,581 filed May 17, 1915, Ihave illustrated and claimed a coin controlled table irrespective of thetype of dispensing mechanism employed. r

The present invention relates to the particular type of dispensingmechanism employed irrespective of the particular kind of table used andirrespective of the particular coin controlled mechanismused inconjunction therewith, said coin controlled mechanism having been madethe subject matter of a separate application, Serial No. 28,580, filedMay 17, 1915.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of avending machine constructed in accordance with the inven tion; Fig.2 isa transverse vertical sectional looking toward the locking rod; Fig. 4is a" view partly in plan and partly in horizontal section; Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the upper endof the lock bar.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawings.

Referring to the drawing, 5 designates a casing. This casing is dividedinto an upper compartment 6 and a lower compartment 7 by a horizontalwall 8. A door 9 is hinged to the casing at 10' and closes the front ofthe lower compartment 7. The L shaped member comprises the front wall 11and a top wall 12 which constitutes the front and the top of thecompartment 6. Side walls of the casing 5 carry strap 13 havinghorizontal inturned portions 14 beneath which the edges of the top 12 ofthe L shaped member slides. A look 15 is carried by the top 12 and the bolt'16 of this look is controllable by a key not shown when placed in akey hole 17; The bolt enters a recess 18 formed.

in the side wall of the casing 5 and consequently holds said L shapedmember against movement. A coin slot 19 provides means for insertingacoin in a coin chute 20.

When a coin is deposited in this coin chute it strikes upon the'tail 21of a lever 22. This leveris pivoted at 23 to the wall 11. Its oppositeend is forked at 2 1 to straddle a stud 25 of'a sleeve 26. This sleeveis slidably mounted in a, bracket 27 and carries a pair ofcircumferential flanges 28. the i. shaped'member comprising walls 11 and12 is slipped into place these flanges are caused to engage the oppositesides of the bent end 29 of a lock bar 30. The end 29 being recessed at31, whereby vertical movement of the sleeve 26 will be imparted tothelock bar. The'lock bar is inclosed When within a housing 32and'ismounted for limited vertical movement upon studs 33 which pass throughslots 34 of the lock bar. The

look bar is cut out at 35'to provide tongues j 36, which tongues, whenthe lock bar is moveddownwardly, pass through the horizontal portions'37of ears 38 carried by door 9. Springs 39 normally tend to throw the dooropen and consequently when the tongues 36 aremoved upwardly out ofengagement with the ears 38 it follows that the door will open andrender the interior of the compartment accessible so that whatever iscontained therein may be removed. A coin deposited in chute 20 andresting upon the tail 21 of lever 22 lies in the path of movement of acurved lever 40 carried by the shaft of a handle ll and should thishandle be actuated during the time that a coin is in this position, theright hand end of the lever 22 inFig. 2 will be depressed and theopposite end thereof will be raised and through the connectionsdescribed the lock bar 30 will be raised against the action of a spring42. The housing .32 is held in It is to be understood that the inventionis not limited to the precise construction shown but that it includeswithin its purview such changes as come within the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claimis:-

1. A vending machine comprising an elongated casing divided by ahorizontal wall into a small upper compartment and a large lowercompartment, a locking rod within the casing, a door for closing thelower compartment which door is controlled by said locking rod, avertically movable member located in the upper compartment anddetachably engaging said locking rod and an l. shaped member for closingthe front and top of said upper compartment and by which said member iscarried.

2. A vending machine comprising an elongated casing divided by ahorizontal wall into a small upper compartment and large lowercompartment, a locking rod within the casing, a door for closing saidlower compartment, means carried by the door arranged to be engaged bysaid looking rod, a wall slidable into position with relation to theupper compartment and completing said upper compartment when placed inposition, and means carried by said wall for controlling said lockingrod.

3. In a device of the character described,

an elongated casing divided into an upper compartment and a lowercompartment, a

vertically movable locking rod extending along the edge of the lowercompartment, a door for closing said lower compartment, means carried bysaid door arranged to be engaged by said locking rod, a bent end uponthe top of said locking rod having a recess formed therein, an L shapedmember comprising a front and a top wall slidable into position withrelation to the upper compartment and completing said compartment whenplaced in position, a vertically movable -sleeve having flanges arrangedto engage the bent end of the locking lever when said L shaped member isslipped into position and means carried by said L shaped member forcontrolling said locking rod.

l. A vending machine comprising an elongated casing divided into a smallupper compartment and a large lower compartment, a door arranged toclose the front of said lower compartment, a'vertically disposed lockingrod for locking said door which locking rod extends into said uppercompartment, a movable wall for said upper compartment and a lockingmechanism mounted upon said movable wall and movable into position toengage said locking rod when said wall is placed in position, and keycontrolled locking means for locking said movable wall in place.

5. A vending machine comprising an elongated vertically disposed casingdivided by a horizontal wall into a small upper compartment and a largelower compartment, a door hinged to the front of the casing andservingwto close the front of the lower compartment, a verticallydisposed locking rod extending along one side of the lower compartmentand passing through said horizontal wall, interengaging membersbetweensaid locking rod and said door, said upper compartment having aremovable side wall and a locking mechanism mounted upon said side walland movable into engagement with said locking rod by the placing or"said side wall in position.

In testimony whereof I alliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EDWARD NEALY.

Witnesses F. W. TAYLOR, L. F. Gonna.

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